Inkjet printer cartridge with fixative delivery capabilities

a technology of inkjet printers and cartridges, applied in printing and other directions, can solve the problems of affecting the quality of inkjet printers, and difficulty in removing and replacing printheads, and achieves the effects of high speed, easy removal and replacement, and high quality print jobs

Active Publication Date: 2007-04-10
MEMJET TECH LTD +1
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[0021]It will be appreciated that the present invention provides a printer system that employs a pagewidth printhead and associated printing fluid storage means in a cartridge form which can be readily removed and replaced from a printer unit. Such an arrangement makes it possible to provide a printer system that is capable of providing high quality print jobs at high speeds and which facilitates easy removal and replacement of the printhead where necessary. The ability of such a printer system to deliver an ink fixative to facilitate fixing of the ink to the print media following printing further allows for high speed printing to be achieved without resulting in a loss of print quality.

Problems solved by technology

Whilst printer systems employing such traditional traversing printheads have proven capable of performing printing tasks to a sufficient quality, as the printhead must continually traverse the stationary print media, such systems are typically slow, particularly when used to perform print jobs of photo quality.
However as the printhead is the length of the print media, it must be supported within the structure of the printer unit and requires multiple electrical contacts to deliver power and data to drive the printhead, and as such removal and replacement of the printhead is not as easy as with traditional traversing printheads.

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[0064]FIG. 1 depicts an inkjet printer 2 which includes a cradle 4 that receives a replaceable print cartridge 6 into a recess formed in the cradle's body according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Cartridge 6 is secured in the cradle recess by a retainer in the form of latch 7 that is connected by a hinge to cradle 4. Visible on the upper surface of print cartridge 6 is an ink refill port 8 which receives an ink refill cartridge during use.

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[0065]Referring now to FIG. 2, there is depicted a block diagram of removable inkjet printer cartridge 6. Cartridge 6 includes ink refill port 8 and an ink delivery assembly 10 for storing and delivering ink to a micro-electromechanical pagewidth print head chip 52. Printhead chip 52 receives power and data signals from cradle 4 (see FIG. 1) via power and data interface 58. A rotor element 60, which is mechanically driven by cradle 4 has three faces which respectively serve to: blot printhead chip 52 subsequent t...

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Abstract

An inkjet printer including a cradle; an inkjet printer cartridge releasably engaged by the cradle and including at least first and second storage reservoirs for storing an ink and an ink fixative respectively; a pagewidth printhead in fluid communication with the first and second storage reservoirs; and a controller to control application of the ink and ink fixative by said printhead in order to facilitate fixing of the ink onto a print media following delivery by said printhead.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to a printer system and in particular to a removable printer cartridge for an inkjet printer system.CROSS-REFERENCE TO CO-PENDING APPLICATIONS[0002]The following applications have been filed by the Applicant simultaneously with the present application:[0003]10 / 76023010 / 76022510 / 76022410 / 76024210 / 76022810 / 76025010 / 76021510 / 76025610 / 76025710 / 76024010 / 76025110 / 76026610 / 76023910 / 76019310 / 76021410 / 76026010 / 76022610 / 76026910 / 76019910 / 76024110 / 76027210 / 76027310 / 76018710 / 76018210 / 76018810 / 76021810 / 76021710 / 76021610 / 76023310 / 76024610 / 76021210 / 76024310 / 76020110 / 76018510 / 76025310 / 76025510 / 76020910 / 76020810 / 76019410 / 76023810 / 76023410 / 76023510 / 76018310 / 76018910 / 76026210 / 76023210 / 76023110 / 76020010 / 76019010 / 76019110 / 76022710 / 76020710 / 76018110 / 76025410 / 76021010 / 76020210 / 76019710 / 76019810 / 76024910 / 76026310 / 76024710 / 76022310 / 76026410 / 76024410 / 76024510 / 76022210 / 76024810 / 76023610 / 76019210 / 76020310 / 76020410 / 76020510 / 76020610 / 76026710 / 76027010 / 760...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B41J2/155B41J2/17B41J2/175B41J2/21
CPCB41J2/14427B41J2/155B41J2/17553B41J2/2114B41J2002/14435
Inventor SILVERBROOK, KIA
Owner MEMJET TECH LTD
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